Mayor Boris Johnson has said the news that London will host the 2017 World Athletics Championships is “fantastic” for the city.

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Trent Bridge will host Ashes Tests in both 2013 and 2015 while Old Trafford will host a game in 2013.

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Trent Bridge to host Ashes Tests

RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire will host its first military repatriation later when the body of a Berkshire soldier is returned to the UK.

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First body due into Brize Norton

Mumbai cricket officials are confident the Wankhede Stadium will host April’s World Cup final despite failing a fire safety inspection.

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Mumbai officials calm venue fears

Premier League leaders Manchester United will host non-league Crawley Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Man Utd to host Crawley in FA Cup

The Kennedy Center will host a memorial service Friday for Richard Holbrooke, the veteran U.S. diplomat who died last month after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.

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Obama to attend Holbrooke service

President Obama will host a roundtable with about 20 corporate chiefs, part of an effort to bolster relations with business for his administration’s second half.

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Obama to Meet With Executives

Russia will host the World Cup in 2018 and Qatar gets the 2022 event, FIFA announced today.

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Russia, Qatar to host World Cup finals

The first 2012 presidential primary debate is now officially in the works. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, will host two debates for the Republican hopefuls, one in spring 2011 and another on the eve of the Super…

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First 2012 Debate Set for Spring

Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the vote to decide who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments will still take place on 2 December.

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Fifa retains World Cup vote date

Dusseldorf will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest following Germany’s victory in Oslo this year with Satellite by Lena.

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Douze points Dusseldorf – Eurovision hosts revealed

London’s Tate Modern will host a major exhibition by the post-Impressionist French artist Paul Gauguin.

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Major exhibition of Gauguin’s work

The Baltic in Gateshead will host the Turner Prize in 2011, it is announced.

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Turner Prize heads to the Baltic